The Pacers lost to the Hornets in an upset and fell out of the top six: Haliburton's 4,000-point milestone and a quasi-triple-double.
On February 13, Beijing time, in the NBA's regular league, the Pacers faced the Hornets, and both teams took a small lead in the first three quarters of the game. In the next game, the Hornets continued to expand the score and scored consecutive points, and the Pacers lost 111-102 to the Hornets, while they were also tied by the Magic in seventh place. Haliburton had 13 points and 12 rebounds, setting a career-high of 4,000 points. Turner scored 22 points and led his team's five players to double figures. Bridges scored 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, while Curry scored 18 points to lead a team of seven to double figures.
In the first three games of the season, the Pacers won two and lost one. With Haliburton scoring 43 points and 12 assists, they lost their first game 124-125 to the Hornets, who won the game by a margin of three 20+ in three games and seven top two. In the match against their opponents, Haliburton led seven players to a double-digit victory with 19 points and 13 assists, and they won 14-113. In Game 3, the Pacers won 115-99, while Haliburton had only 17 points and four assists, while the Pacers won in double digits with six players.
This is the fourth game of the year for both teams, and the Pacers' Smith and Johnson are not playing, while the Hornets have a low 3-point shooting percentage, and Williams is not there. In the first quarter, the two teams played a close game, with the Pacers hitting just two of their three shots, Harry. Burton contributed two rebounds and four rebounds, while Turner scored 13 points on 4-of-4 shooting. In the first quarter, they shot 10-of-23 from the field and 5-of-5 from the field, with no one scoring in double figures.
Entering the second quarter, the offensive effect of both sides was not particularly good, and the two sides still maintained a close connection, with a 25-23 advantage in the second quarter, a 25-23 advantage in the second quarter, and at halftime, the Pacers led the Hornets by one point at 49-48. In the first quarter of the first half, the Pacers scored 40 points on 40-of-20 shooting, hitting five free throws, three three-of-threes, Haliburton seven for eight rebounds, and one for 15 rebounds. The Hu shot 42 of 18 and only 4 of them, and 7 of 21 from three-point range, while Gwee scored 11 points and only one got in double figures.
After halftime, both teams went on more ferocious offense, and in the third quarter, both teams scored 30+ points, but in the third quarter, the Pacers trailed by two points at 31-33, and after three quarters, they trailed the Hornets by one point at 80-81. Four of the Pacers had double figures in the first three quarters, including Haliburton with 10 points and 11 assists, Turner with 18 points, and Siakam and Inside Smith with 14 points each. The Vespas had six players, including Bridges with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Gerwig with 13 points and Curry with 14 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers were beaten by the Hornets. The Pacers scored four straight points to keep the Hornets from closing the deficit to three, and then Bridges scored 2+1 and Miller's three-pointer opened up an eight-point gap as they asked for a break. Siakam's mid-range shot and Bridges' dunk opened up an eight-point gap, followed by a three-pointer from Haliburton to put the gap to five points, and the Hornets were in the final 42At 8, he scored four points again and stretched the gap to nine, which also made the Pacers have to stop. The Pacers were unable to make a comeback after being beaten by the Hornets.